Sudan: Helping Muslim Businessman Seize Property from Church
After months of bulldozing or taking over church buildings on the pretext that they belong to South Sudanese who are no longer citizens of the country, authorities are aiding a Muslim businessman's effort to take over church property in Khartoum North, sources said, reports Jeremy Reynalds, Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service.
According to a story by the Morning Star News Service, Sudan's police and security forces broke through the fence of Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church this month, and beat and arrested Christians in the compound. They claimed parts of the property belonged to the Muslim investor accompanying them, sources said.
As Muslims nearby shouted, “Allahu Akbar (God is greater),” plainclothes police and personnel from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on Oct. 5 broke onto the property aboard a truck and two Land Cruisers....